US 12,262,904 B2
Surgical instrument and related methods
Nathan Steketee, Louisville, CO (US); and Joseph Bucciaglia, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Bolder Surgical, LLC, Louisville, CO (US)
Appl. No. 17/047,105
Filed by BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC, Louisville, CO (US)
PCT Filed May 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/031900
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/217945, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/670,193, filed on May 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393282 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/29 (2013.01) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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14. A surgical instrument comprising:
a first jaw;
a second jaw; and
a first actuator having a cam mechanism configured to engage the first jaw to effectuate movement of the first jaw relative to the second jaw between an open position and a clamping position, and to effectuate movement of the first jaw relative to the second jaw between the clamping position and a closed position;
wherein the movement of the first jaw relative to the second jaw between the clamping position and the closed position is strictly translational;
wherein the surgical instrument also comprises a pin at the first jaw or the second jaw; and
wherein the cam mechanism has a cam surface configured to engage with a jaw surface of the first jaw, and wherein the pin is distal to the jaw surface of the first jaw, and is distal to the cam surface of the cam mechanism.